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Re: Henslow's Sparrow, Canada Warbler, Whip-poor Will - June 9, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
A 3 hour search early Saturday night and a further 2 1/2 hour check this morning by local birders failed to find any trace of this Henslow's Sparrow. Good luck if you decide to go, please e-mail me should you find the bird. Also I need to caution everyone, I have been told the fields in this area have a good number of ticks. Cheers. Kayo Kayo Roy 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3 kayoroy@niagara.com
Henslow's Sparrow, Canada Warbler, Whip-poor Will - Saturday, June 08, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
Yesterday, night I heard a Henslow's Sparrow in Port Colborne, Ont. It was on the north end of the field at the east corner of Minor Rd. and Route 3. The bird sang twice about a minute apart but I waited another 7-10 minutes there and did not hear the bird sing again. At Wainfleet Marsh from Wilson Road there was one Canada Warbler singing and at least six Whip-poor-wills were heard calling. Please forward to Ontario Birds. Brendan Klick klicba03@mail.buffalostate.edu
WNY Dial-a-Bird 30 May 2002 -
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/30/2002 * NYBU0205.30 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ AMER. TREE SPARROW WHIMBREL WILSON'S PHALAROPE YELLOW-BR. CHAT YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER GREAT EGRET Greater Scaup Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Ruffed Grouse Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Common Nighthawk Red-headed Wdpkr. Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Yellow-thr. Vireo Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Scarlet Tanager Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/30/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, May 30, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 23 through May 30 from the Niagara Frontier Region include another Big Day report, AMER. TREE SPARROW, WHIMBREL, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, YELLOW-BR. CHAT, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and GREAT EGRET. May 24, two birders on a 24 hour Big Day effort recorded 175 species in Western New York, including 23 warbler species and an impressive 18 shorebird species. Shorebird highlights were 17 WHIMBRELS flying over Salt Road in Clarence, and at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 7 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 19 RED KNOTS and 70 DUNLIN. At the Tillman Area in Clarence, UPLAND SANDPIPER and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was heard singing in Lancaster at 3 AM and an AMER. TREE SPARROW near Point Breeze appears to be the latest occurrence in the BOS archives. In the Niagara Falls gorge, GREATER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE and COMMON MERGANSER. A PEREGRINE FALCON at Goat Island. At the Onondaga Trail in the Iroquois Refuge, RUFFED GROUSE, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. And at Krull Park in Olcott, a PINE WARBLER. YELLOW-BR. CHATS were reported at two locations this week. One has been lingering for almost a week on the Mosquito Junction trail at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. A second chat was found along Oak Orchard Ridge Road, in the Iroquois Refuge. YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS were reported at multiple locations - 3 at Amherst State Park, 2 at Goat Island and singles at Tifft, Evangola State Park and the Hamilton- Huggins Nature Sanctuary in Elmlawn Cemetery in Tonawanda. Also, BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were common at many locations. GREAT EGRETS have nested successfully on Motor Island in the Niagara River once again. And it was noted that GREAT EGRETS are frequenting the large pond in Sheridan Park in Tonawanda for the eighth year. On the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, May 26, at Rock Point Park, 8 shorebird species included 27 WHIMBRELS. Also in the park, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES and 18 warbler species included a probable KENTUCKY WARBLER. Nearby at Morgan's Point in Wainfleet, 15 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 17 DUNLIN and 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. And at the Smithville Sewage Lagoons, two pairs of WILSON'S PHALAROPES. May 23 at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, the monthly census reported 75 species including an adult and immature BROAD- WINGED HAWK in the woods, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, 3 SCARLET TANAGERS and 16 warblers species. On the 24th at Sinking Ponds, a late MERLIN. Other reports this week - An unexpected BONAPARTE'S GULL at Cayuga Pool. At Evangola State Park, 3 RED-HEADED WDPKRS., YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER and a PINE WARBLER. RED-HEADED WDPKR. also on Amsdel Road in Hamburg. PILEATED WOODPECKER at the Maplewood Apartments in Hamburg. And after midnight on May 30, night migrants heard over Buffalo included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, many SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and over 10 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 6. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs dfsuggs@localnet.com
WNY Dial-a-Bird 23 May 2002 - May 23, 2002
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/23/2002 * NYBU0205.23 - Birds mentioned )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( GLOSSY IBIS AMER. WHITE PELICAN SANDHILL CRANE CURLEW SANDPIPER Brant Merlin Peregrine Falcon Short-b. Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope L. Black-b. Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. Red-bellied Wdpkr. Orange-cr. Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole White-w. Crossbill Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/23/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, May 23, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 16 through May 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GLOSSY IBIS, AMER. WHITE PELICAN, SANDHILL CRANE, CURLEW SANDPIPER and Big Day and BOS May Count reports. From Niagara County, May 19 and 21, an adult GLOSSY IBIS was reported in a large pond 200 yards south of Somerset- Hartland Townline Road, about a mile east of Quaker Road. May 16, 3 AMER. WHITE PELICANS were reported again. This time over Routes 31 and 104, in the City of Niagara Falls. Previous weeks, these pelicans were reported on the Lewiston Power Reservoir and above Niagara Falls off Goat Island. May 18, 2 SANDHILL CRANES were noted at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. Near record cold of the past weekend seemed to have no effect on the quantity of bird species in the region. A Big Day effort in Western New York by four birders on May 18 recorded 163 species; the same count recorded last year in more typical May weather. Highlights were 2 BRANT along the Robert Moses Parkway, FORSTER'S TERN and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, MERLIN at Krull Park in Olcott, L. BLACK-B. GULL and PINE SISKIN at Wilson, ORCHARD ORIOLE at Golden Hill in Somerset, EVENING GROSBEAK in Olcott, a total of 22 warbler species for the day, but only 5 shorebird species at Cayuga Pool. May 19, participants in the annual BOS May Count also reported high species counts. The GLOSSY IBIS was one of 98 species in a section of eastern Niagara County. 102 species in a section from Clarence to the Iroquois Refuge were highlighted by a PEREGRINE FALCON at the turf farms on Countyline Road in Clarence. And a section including Niagara Falls, Grand Island and North Tonawanda recorded 113 species, including 22 warbler species at Goat Island. Back on May 16, a very rare CURLEW SANDPIPER was found on the Niagara Peninsula at the Smithville Sewage Lagoons. The curlew could not be found on the 17th, but eight shorebirds at the lagoons were highlighted by a WILSON'S PHALAROPE Other reports this week - a high count of 100 CASPIAN TERNS at Dunkirk Harbor. RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Oranges at a feeder on Rodgers Road in Hamburg attracted RED-HEADED WDPKR., RED-BELLIED WDPKR., SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. In Amherst State Park, an ORANGE-CR. WARBLER was seen two days in the orchard past the bridge. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER in a yard on Ravenswood in Cheektowaga. A reported PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Salt and Keller Roads in Clarence. And an INDIGO BUNTING joined several WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS and 10 PINE SISKINS at a thistle feeder in South Wales. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 30. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs dfsuggs@localnet.com
WNY Dial-a-Bird 16 May 2002 - May 16, 2002
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/16/2002 * NYBU0205.16 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// AMER. WHITE PELICAN KENTUCKY WARBLER YELLOW-BR. CHAT BRANT Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Egret Tundra Swan White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Red Knot Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Glaucous Gull Black Tern Whip-poor-will Red-headed Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Flycatcher Horned Lark Cliff Swallow Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush American Pipit Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole White-w. Crossbill Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/16/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, May 16, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 9 through May 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMER. WHITE PELICAN, KENTUCKY WARBLER, YELLOW-BR. CHAT, BRANT and shorebirds. Three AMER. WHITE PELICANS were reported again this week. May 11 or 12, the pelicans were reported for the second time at the power plant reservoir in Lewiston. On the May 14, they were seen from Goat Island, about a half mile above Niagara Falls. A total of 31 warbler species have been reported in the past two weeks. The heavy rain appeared to drop many migrants into the region and hold them down for several days. May 15, a rare KENTUCKY WARBLER was found at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, at the start of the trails to the west of the boat launch. Also the 15th, another probable KENTUCKY WARBLER was heard singing at Goat Island. On May 16, a YELLOW-BR. CHAT stopped briefly at Barker Park, at the north end of Quaker Road in Somerset. Also at Barker Park on the 11th, 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES and another ORCHARD ORIOLE at Golden Hill. Other noteworthy migrants this week - at Fort Erie, Ontario, 127 BRANT on May 14, off the Jaeger Rocks area near the old fort. YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and a WHIP-POOR-WILL at Goat Island on the 12th, and a PEREGRINE FALCON at Golden Hill on the 16th. The first INDIGO BUNTINGS were reported at several locations, as were GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES and SWAINSON'S THRUSHES. Reports of migrants shorebirds this week included a flock of 12 SANDERLINGS off Golden Hill. In the Southern Tier, at the Jamestown Audubon Sanctuary in Kiantone, 9 species included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. 13 species at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge were highlighted by 2 RED KNOTS, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and 32 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. In the fertilized fields along Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, north of Roosevelt Highway, 21 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS, plus numbers of SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and also many AMERICAN PIPITS and HORNED LARKS, and a flock of BOBOLINKS. Other reports this week - RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, LONG-TAILED DUCK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and RED-BR. MERGANSER on Lake Ontario. At Cayuga Pool, GREAT EGRET, 4 BALD EAGLES, BLACK TERN and 9 waterfowl species including a TUNDRA SWAN. GLAUCOUS GULL in Olcott. RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Long Beach in Ontario, 2 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Lakeside Beach in Carlton and 5 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot in Dunkirk. 26 CLIFF SWALLOWS returned to a recent breeding site at the south end of the north Grand Island Bridge, as seen from Buckhorn Island State Park. ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES at several feeders. A dozen BOBOLINKS on Three Rod Road in Alden. 15 PINE SISKINS and 3 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS continue at a feeder on Lewis Road in South Wales. And in downtown Buffalo, 4 PEREGRINE FALCON chicks have hatched in the nest box on the Statler Building. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 23. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs dfsuggs@localnet.com
White Pelicans & Brant - Niagara River - May 14, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
Kayo Roy had 127 Brant today, Tuesday, rafting at Jaeger Rocks in Fort Erie, Ont. (one mile above the Peace Bridge). I had 3 American White Pelicans about 1/2 mile above Niagara Falls. I was looking from Goat Island, just upriver from the Three Sisters Islands but these birds would also be visible from the pull-off on the Ontario side, just downriver from the control gates. Good birding! Willie -------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. dannapotter@wzrd.com
WNY Dial-a-Bird 09 May 2002 - May 9, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/09/2002 * NYBU0205.09 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// WORM-EATING WARBLER MISSISSIPPI KITE BLACK VULTURE AMER. WHITE PELICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL Tundra Swan Bald Eagle Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Least Sandpiper Dunlin Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Brown Thrasher "Brewster's Warbler" Orange-cr. Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Rose-br. Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole White-w. Crossbill Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/09/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, May 9, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 2 through May 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region include migrant warblers, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK VULTURE, AMER. WHITE PELICAN and WHIP-POOR-WILL. Spring migration is reaches it's full peak during the first two week of May. A total of 27 warbler species were reported from the region this week. [28 species including the late report of a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER May 8 on private property in Lancaster] Some of the top locations for migrants are Goat Island in Niagara Falls, Tifft Nature Preserve and Forest Lawn in Buffalo, the Willamsville Glen, now know as Amherst State Park, Saint Columbans in Sheridan and Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. Warblers were highlighted by two WORM-EATING WARBLERS on May 5 - one at Goat Island and the other on the west side of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario. Other notable warblers were "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" at Goat Island and Lake Erie State Park in Portland. ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS at Tifft Nature Preserve, Ellicott Creek in Lancaster and the Williamsville Glen. The ORANGE-CR. WARBLER in the Glen has been residing in the hawthorn trees between the stone building and creek from May 5 through May 9. PINE WARBLER and PRAIRIE WARBLER at Saint Columbans and another PRAIRIE WARBLER at Goat Island. RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE were reported at many locations and feeders this week. Other migrants and arrivals widely reported - GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN TOWHEE, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE- CR. SPARROW and abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. An exciting report from the Ripley Hawkwatch in Chautauqua County - an exceptionally rare MISSISSIPPI KITE on May 5 and a very rare BLACK VULTURE on May 6. Also on May 5, 3 AMER. WHITE PELICANS were reported over the Lewiston Reservoir and Tifft Nature Preserve, SANDHILL CRANE at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, and a MERLIN along Route 16 in Chaffee. And a great find at Tifft on May 7, a migrant WHIP-POOR-WILL. May 9 at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, 75 raptors of 10 species included 3 BALD EAGLES in a ten minute span before the rain storm arrived. Shorebirds are also beginning to migrate into the region. Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge has been drained, which produces excellent habitat for the shorebirds that will arrive in later May. On the 4th, an early BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE, plus 20 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 30 DUNLIN. Also at Cayuga Pool, 3 TUNDRA SWANS. Several PINE SISKINS were reported this week - 15 at Saint Columbans, another in Sanborne, and 8 PINE SISKINS with 2 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS and a RED-HEADED WDPKR. at a feeder on Lewis Road in South Wales. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 16. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs dfsuggs@localnet.com
Worm-eating Warbler Port Weller - May 5, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
Field report from Kayo Roy. Bird is at the north end of Mary Malcomson Park aka as Weller Woods.Bird is singing and of course difficult to locate. Directions:From Q.E.W.take Nigara St North towards the lake,At the end go right to Welland Canal then left alongside canal North on West side till road turns left.Park andtake right trail.Good luck .I,m off. Gordon Bellerby N.O.T.L. gordon.bellerby@sympatico.ca
Eared Grebe at Morgan's Point - April 27, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
Blayne Farnan found a near breeding plumaged Eared Grebe surface feeding on Lake Erie with two Horned Grebes and 50-75 Bonaparte's Gulls at the foot of Morgan's Point Road in Burnaby, ON. The grebes were observed feeding about 50-100 yards east of the road. Directions: Take Highway 3 west from Port Colborne to Golf Club Road, turn left (south) to Lakeshore Rd. W. Here the road bends to the right, and Morgan's Point Road is the next road on the left, proceed south to the lake. Parking is limited there, you may have to park further back up the road well off to one side. Kayo Kayo Roy kayoroy@niagara.com 13 Kinsman Court Fonthill, ON L0S 1E3
WNY Dial-a-Bird 25 Apr 2002 - April 25, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/25/2002 * NYBU0204.25 - Birds mentioned ========================================================== Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David ========================================================== American Bittern Green Heron Bufflehead Osprey Broad-winged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Yellow Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Northern Waterthrush Eastern Towhee Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Purple Finch Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/25/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, April 25, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Cold weather during the week of April 18 through April 25 slowed migration in the Niagara Frontier Region, but the pace will change quickly when the weather warms up. Five warbler species were reported this week. Highlighted by early YELLOW WARBLERS at two locations - April 20 at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora and April 21 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Other warblers were YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. There were 2 PINE WARBLERS reported at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, along with CAROLINA WREN, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at Tifft Nature Preserve with AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, BANK SWALLOW, CAROLINA WREN, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, SWAMP SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. Gulls on the Niagara River this week included LITTLE GULL, ICELAND GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL at Lewiston and Artpark. Several hundred BROAD-WINGED HAWKS passed over the Hamburg Hawkwatch in Lakeside Cemetery off Camp Road this week. On the 24th, 7 raptor species included 10 OSPREY. Also at the Hawkwatch, PURPLE FINCH in the woods and an EVENING GROSBEAK flying over. The PEREGRINE FALCONS in downtown Buffalo have four eggs in their nest on the Statler Building. One of the PEREGRINES is often seen on the southwest corner of the Liberty Building, seen from Court and Pearl Streets. Other reports this week - a single BUFFLEHEAD on Como Lake in Lancaster, and BARN SWALLOWS have returned to a nest site on Three Rod Road in Alden. There are two BOS field trips in the coming weeks. This Sunday, April 28, a full day trip outside the region to the Rochester area Braddock Bay Hawkwatch. Meet in the parking lot at the Tanning Bed store at Main and Transit at 7 AM. The following week, there will be trip at Tifft Nature Preserve on Sunday, May 5. Meet at 7 AM in the Tifft parking lot for a half day walk through the preserve. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips, which provide experienced leadership and excellent opportunities to see migrant species. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 2. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript
WNY Dial-a-Bird 18 Apr 2002 - April 18, 2002
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/18/2002 * NYBU0204.18 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// BLACK-HEADED GULL BROAD-WINGED HAWK COMMON NIGHTHAWK EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Snow Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Surf Scoter Wild Turkey Dunlin Caspian Tern Barred Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo N. Rough-w. Swallow Barn Swallow Brown Creeper Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler La. Waterthrush Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/18/2002 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, April 18, 2002 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received April 11 through April 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-HEADED GULL, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, spring migrants and BOS April Count reports. From the Niagara River, April 14, a BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, as it flew out to Lake Ontario in the evening. BLACK-HEADED GULL was also found April 15 on the river off Queenston, Ontario. April 12, the first BROAD-WINGED HAWK of the season was recorded at the Hamburg Hawkwatch in Lakeside Cemetery off Camp Road. Other highlights were a MERLIN and 80 SHARP-SH. HAWKS. In Buffalo, April 15, a very early COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen over Chapin Parkway. Also early was a reported GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at the Buffalo City Court Building on April 17. A probable SWAINSON'S THRUSH was at the same location on the 15th. And a slightly early BLUE-HEADED VIREO on the 14th in Niagara County. From Amherst, the most unexpected bird of the week was a EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH at a feeder on Roycroft Blvd. in Snyder. This species is usually considered an escape from captivity. Another surprise was a pair of SURF SCOTERS at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area on April 16. A widespread influx of migrants this week was highlighted by reports of abundant RUBY-CR. KINGLETS and GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, including dozens and dozens in Allegany State Park. Other species widely reported this week - CASPIAN TERN, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, BROWN CREEPER, EASTERN PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW. A few of the first migrant warblers - YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER at several locations, plus LA. WATERTHRUSH in Allegany State Park. Also, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at Golden Hill in Somerset, LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo and a pair of PURPLE FINCHES in Hamburg. Outside the region, a very rare Townsend's Warbler, a species never recorded in the BOS region, was found April 13 at Braddock's Bay near Rochester. The BOS April Count on the 14th coincided nicely with the arriving migrants. Three sections in the Lake Ontario Plains reported 72, 95 and 98 species for the day. Highlights included RED-NECKED GREBES, SNOW GEESE, an immature TRUMPETER SWAN at Six Mile Creek Marsh in Porter, TUNDRA SWAN, DUNLINS, RED-HEADED WDPKRS., N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOWS, BARN SWALLOWS and PINE SISKINS. Other reports this week - 21 GREAT BLUE HERONS on nests along Route 63 in the Iroquois Refuge. A brief visit by a TRUMPETER SWAN at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. On Lewis Road in South Wales, BARRED OWL calling and COMMON REDPOLL still at a feeder. And at Beaver Island State Park, 7 WILD TURKEYS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 25. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs dfsuggs@localnet.com
Black-headed Gull - Queenston - April 15 - April 15, 2002
Sighting reports originating from the ONTBIRDS mail server network are repeated courtesy of the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO).
At about 2:30 today, there was an adult, breeding plumaged Black-headed Gull at Queenston. The bird was about 2/3rds of the way between the sand dock and the old Lewiston Bridge, approximately 100 yards north of the falls-like water outlet on the American side. This is no doubt the same bird reported by Gordon Bellerby yesterday in the fly-by at Niagara-on-the-Lake. As well, there were about 12 Common Terns in the area. Dan Salisbury mckenzie.salisbury@sympatico.ca
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